Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-264) and index.
Pt. I : Recasting the Sunshine Policy -- 1. Understanding the Sunshine Policy : ideals, principles and rationales -- 2. The first Korean summit 2000 : promises unfulfilled -- 3. The second Korean summit 2007 : style and substance -- Pt. II: Challenges to the Sunshine Policy -- 4. External challenges : the Bush Doctrine, nuclear crisis and stalled talks -- 5. Domestic challenges : the Lee Myung-bak government and the post-engagement era -- 6. Military challenges : conflict and the inter-Korean arms race -- Pt. III: What future for the Sunshine Policy? -- 7. Contending models of Korean unification and the Sunshine Policy -- 8. The Sunshine Policy's place in Northeast Asian security dynamics -- 9. The Sunshine Policy as the path forward